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<a name="1" href="#1">1</a>   <em class="comment">/*</em>
<a name="2" href="#2">2</a>   <em class="comment"> * Copyright 2001-2005 (C) MetaStuff, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.</em>
<a name="3" href="#3">3</a>   <em class="comment"> *</em>
<a name="4" href="#4">4</a>   <em class="comment"> * This software is open source.</em>
<a name="5" href="#5">5</a>   <em class="comment"> * See the bottom of this file for the licence.</em>
<a name="6" href="#6">6</a>   <em class="comment"> */</em>
<a name="7" href="#7">7</a>   
<a name="8" href="#8">8</a>   <strong>package</strong> <a href="../../org/dom4j/package-summary.html">org.dom4j</a>;
<a name="9" href="#9">9</a>   
<a name="10" href="#10">10</a>  <strong>import</strong> java.io.IOException;
<a name="11" href="#11">11</a>  <strong>import</strong> java.io.Writer;
<a name="12" href="#12">12</a>  <strong>import</strong> java.util.List;
<a name="13" href="#13">13</a>  
<a name="14" href="#14">14</a>  <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="15" href="#15">15</a>  <em> * &lt;p></em>
<a name="16" href="#16">16</a>  <em> * &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> defines the polymorphic behavior for all XML nodes in a</em>
<a name="17" href="#17">17</a>  <em> * dom4j tree.</em>
<a name="18" href="#18">18</a>  <em> * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="19" href="#19">19</a>  <em> * </em>
<a name="20" href="#20">20</a>  <em> * &lt;p></em>
<a name="21" href="#21">21</a>  <em> * A node can be output as its XML format, can be detached from its position in</em>
<a name="22" href="#22">22</a>  <em> * a document and can have XPath expressions evaluated on itself.</em>
<a name="23" href="#23">23</a>  <em> * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="24" href="#24">24</a>  <em> * </em>
<a name="25" href="#25">25</a>  <em> * &lt;p></em>
<a name="26" href="#26">26</a>  <em> * A node may optionally support the parent relationship and may be read only.</em>
<a name="27" href="#27">27</a>  <em> * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="28" href="#28">28</a>  <em> * </em>
<a name="29" href="#29">29</a>  <em> * @author &lt;a href="<a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org" target="alexandria_uri">mailto:jstrachan@apache.org</a>">James Strachan &lt;/a></em>
<a name="30" href="#30">30</a>  <em> * @version $Revision: 1.31 $</em>
<a name="31" href="#31">31</a>  <em> * </em>
<a name="32" href="#32">32</a>  <em> * @see #supportsParent</em>
<a name="33" href="#33">33</a>  <em> * @see #isReadOnly</em>
<a name="34" href="#34">34</a>  <em> */</em>
<a name="35" href="#35">35</a>  <strong>public</strong> <strong>interface</strong> <a href="../../org/dom4j/Node.html">Node</a> <strong>extends</strong> Cloneable {
<a name="36" href="#36">36</a>      <em class="comment">// W3C DOM complient node type codes</em>
<a name="37" href="#37">37</a>  
<a name="38" href="#38">38</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches <a href="../../org/dom4j/Element.html">Element</a> nodes */</em></em>
<a name="39" href="#39">39</a>      <strong>short</strong> ANY_NODE = 0;
<a name="40" href="#40">40</a>  
<a name="41" href="#41">41</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches <a href="../../org/dom4j/Element.html">Element</a> nodes */</em></em>
<a name="42" href="#42">42</a>      <strong>short</strong> ELEMENT_NODE = 1;
<a name="43" href="#43">43</a>  
<a name="44" href="#44">44</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches elements nodes */</em></em>
<a name="45" href="#45">45</a>      <strong>short</strong> ATTRIBUTE_NODE = 2;
<a name="46" href="#46">46</a>  
<a name="47" href="#47">47</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches elements nodes */</em></em>
<a name="48" href="#48">48</a>      <strong>short</strong> TEXT_NODE = 3;
<a name="49" href="#49">49</a>  
<a name="50" href="#50">50</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches elements nodes */</em></em>
<a name="51" href="#51">51</a>      <strong>short</strong> CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4;
<a name="52" href="#52">52</a>  
<a name="53" href="#53">53</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches elements nodes */</em></em>
<a name="54" href="#54">54</a>      <strong>short</strong> ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5;
<a name="55" href="#55">55</a>  
<a name="56" href="#56">56</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches elements nodes */</em></em>
<a name="57" href="#57">57</a>  
<a name="58" href="#58">58</a>      <em class="comment">// public static final short ENTITY_NODE = 6;</em>
<a name="59" href="#59">59</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches <a href="../../org/dom4j/ProcessingInstruction.html">ProcessingInstruction</a> */</em></em>
<a name="60" href="#60">60</a>      <strong>short</strong> PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7;
<a name="61" href="#61">61</a>  
<a name="62" href="#62">62</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches Comments nodes */</em></em>
<a name="63" href="#63">63</a>      <strong>short</strong> COMMENT_NODE = 8;
<a name="64" href="#64">64</a>  
<a name="65" href="#65">65</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches <a href="../../org/dom4j/Document.html">Document</a> nodes */</em></em>
<a name="66" href="#66">66</a>      <strong>short</strong> DOCUMENT_NODE = 9;
<a name="67" href="#67">67</a>  
<a name="68" href="#68">68</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matches <a href="../../org/dom4j/DocumentType.html">DocumentType</a> nodes */</em></em>
<a name="69" href="#69">69</a>      <strong>short</strong> DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10;
<a name="70" href="#70">70</a>  
<a name="71" href="#71">71</a>      <em class="comment">// public static final short DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11;</em>
<a name="72" href="#72">72</a>      <em class="comment">// public static final short NOTATION_NODE = 12;</em>
<a name="73" href="#73">73</a>  
<a name="74" href="#74">74</a>      <em>/**<em>* Matchs a <a href="../../org/dom4j/Namespace.html">Namespace</a> <a href="../../org/dom4j/Node.html">Node</a> - NOTE this differs from DOM */</em></em>
<a name="75" href="#75">75</a>  
<a name="76" href="#76">76</a>      <em class="comment">// XXXX: ????</em>
<a name="77" href="#77">77</a>      <strong>short</strong> NAMESPACE_NODE = 13;
<a name="78" href="#78">78</a>  
<a name="79" href="#79">79</a>      <em>/**<em>* Does not match any valid node */</em></em>
<a name="80" href="#80">80</a>      <strong>short</strong> UNKNOWN_NODE = 14;
<a name="81" href="#81">81</a>  
<a name="82" href="#82">82</a>      <em>/**<em>* The maximum number of node types for sizing purposes */</em></em>
<a name="83" href="#83">83</a>      <strong>short</strong> MAX_NODE_TYPE = 14;
<a name="84" href="#84">84</a>  
<a name="85" href="#85">85</a>      <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="86" href="#86">86</a>  <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="87" href="#87">87</a>  <em>     * &lt;code>supportsParent&lt;/code> returns true if this node supports the</em>
<a name="88" href="#88">88</a>  <em>     * parent relationship.</em>
<a name="89" href="#89">89</a>  <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="90" href="#90">90</a>  <em>     * </em>
<a name="91" href="#91">91</a>  <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="92" href="#92">92</a>  <em>     * Some XML tree implementations are singly linked and only support downward</em>
<a name="93" href="#93">93</a>  <em>     * navigation through children relationships. The default case is that both</em>
<a name="94" href="#94">94</a>  <em>     * parent and children relationships are supported though for memory and</em>
<a name="95" href="#95">95</a>  <em>     * performance reasons the parent relationship may not be supported.</em>
<a name="96" href="#96">96</a>  <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="97" href="#97">97</a>  <em>     * </em>
<a name="98" href="#98">98</a>  <em>     * @return true if this node supports the parent relationship or false it is</em>
<a name="99" href="#99">99</a>  <em>     *         not supported</em>
<a name="100" href="#100">100</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="101" href="#101">101</a>     <strong>boolean</strong> supportsParent();
<a name="102" href="#102">102</a> 
<a name="103" href="#103">103</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="104" href="#104">104</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="105" href="#105">105</a> <em>     * &lt;code>getParent&lt;/code> returns the parent &lt;code>Element&lt;/code> if</em>
<a name="106" href="#106">106</a> <em>     * this node supports the parent relationship or null if it is the root</em>
<a name="107" href="#107">107</a> <em>     * element or does not support the parent relationship.</em>
<a name="108" href="#108">108</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="109" href="#109">109</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="110" href="#110">110</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="111" href="#111">111</a> <em>     * This method is an optional feature and may not be supported for all</em>
<a name="112" href="#112">112</a> <em>     * &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> implementations.</em>
<a name="113" href="#113">113</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="114" href="#114">114</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="115" href="#115">115</a> <em>     * @return the parent of this node or null if it is the root of the tree or</em>
<a name="116" href="#116">116</a> <em>     *         the parent relationship is not supported.</em>
<a name="117" href="#117">117</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="118" href="#118">118</a>     <a href="../../org/dom4j/Element.html">Element</a> getParent();
<a name="119" href="#119">119</a> 
<a name="120" href="#120">120</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="121" href="#121">121</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="122" href="#122">122</a> <em>     * &lt;code>setParent&lt;/code> sets the parent relationship of this node if the</em>
<a name="123" href="#123">123</a> <em>     * parent relationship is supported or does nothing if the parent</em>
<a name="124" href="#124">124</a> <em>     * relationship is not supported.</em>
<a name="125" href="#125">125</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="126" href="#126">126</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="127" href="#127">127</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="128" href="#128">128</a> <em>     * This method should only be called from inside an &lt;code>Element&lt;/code></em>
<a name="129" href="#129">129</a> <em>     * implementation method and is not intended for general use.</em>
<a name="130" href="#130">130</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="131" href="#131">131</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="132" href="#132">132</a> <em>     * @param parent</em>
<a name="133" href="#133">133</a> <em>     *            is the new parent of this node.</em>
<a name="134" href="#134">134</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="135" href="#135">135</a>     <strong>void</strong> setParent(<a href="../../org/dom4j/Element.html">Element</a> parent);
<a name="136" href="#136">136</a> 
<a name="137" href="#137">137</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="138" href="#138">138</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="139" href="#139">139</a> <em>     * &lt;code>getDocument&lt;/code> returns the &lt;code>Document&lt;/code> that this</em>
<a name="140" href="#140">140</a> <em>     * &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> is part of if this node supports the parent</em>
<a name="141" href="#141">141</a> <em>     * relationship.</em>
<a name="142" href="#142">142</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="143" href="#143">143</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="144" href="#144">144</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="145" href="#145">145</a> <em>     * This method is an optional feature and may not be supported for all</em>
<a name="146" href="#146">146</a> <em>     * &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> implementations.</em>
<a name="147" href="#147">147</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="148" href="#148">148</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="149" href="#149">149</a> <em>     * @return the document of this node or null if this feature is not</em>
<a name="150" href="#150">150</a> <em>     *         supported or the node is not associated with a</em>
<a name="151" href="#151">151</a> <em>     *         &lt;code>Document&lt;/code></em>
<a name="152" href="#152">152</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="153" href="#153">153</a>     <a href="../../org/dom4j/Document.html">Document</a> getDocument();
<a name="154" href="#154">154</a> 
<a name="155" href="#155">155</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="156" href="#156">156</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="157" href="#157">157</a> <em>     * &lt;code>setDocument&lt;/code> sets the document of this node if the parent</em>
<a name="158" href="#158">158</a> <em>     * relationship is supported or does nothing if the parent relationship is</em>
<a name="159" href="#159">159</a> <em>     * not supported.</em>
<a name="160" href="#160">160</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="161" href="#161">161</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="162" href="#162">162</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="163" href="#163">163</a> <em>     * This method should only be called from inside a &lt;code>Document&lt;/code></em>
<a name="164" href="#164">164</a> <em>     * implementation method and is not intended for general use.</em>
<a name="165" href="#165">165</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="166" href="#166">166</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="167" href="#167">167</a> <em>     * @param document</em>
<a name="168" href="#168">168</a> <em>     *            is the new document of this node.</em>
<a name="169" href="#169">169</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="170" href="#170">170</a>     <strong>void</strong> setDocument(<a href="../../org/dom4j/Document.html">Document</a> document);
<a name="171" href="#171">171</a> 
<a name="172" href="#172">172</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="173" href="#173">173</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="174" href="#174">174</a> <em>     * &lt;code>isReadOnly&lt;/code> returns true if this node is read only and</em>
<a name="175" href="#175">175</a> <em>     * cannot be modified. Any attempt to modify a read-only &lt;code>Node&lt;/code></em>
<a name="176" href="#176">176</a> <em>     * will result in an &lt;code>UnsupportedOperationException&lt;/code> being</em>
<a name="177" href="#177">177</a> <em>     * thrown.</em>
<a name="178" href="#178">178</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="179" href="#179">179</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="180" href="#180">180</a> <em>     * @return true if this &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> is read only and cannot be</em>
<a name="181" href="#181">181</a> <em>     *         modified otherwise false.</em>
<a name="182" href="#182">182</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="183" href="#183">183</a>     <strong>boolean</strong> isReadOnly();
<a name="184" href="#184">184</a> 
<a name="185" href="#185">185</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="186" href="#186">186</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="187" href="#187">187</a> <em>     * &lt;code>hasContent&lt;/code> returns true if this node is a Branch (either</em>
<a name="188" href="#188">188</a> <em>     * an Element or a Document) and it contains at least one content node such</em>
<a name="189" href="#189">189</a> <em>     * as a child Element or Text node.</em>
<a name="190" href="#190">190</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="191" href="#191">191</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="192" href="#192">192</a> <em>     * @return true if this &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> is a Branch with a nodeCount()</em>
<a name="193" href="#193">193</a> <em>     *         of one or more.</em>
<a name="194" href="#194">194</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="195" href="#195">195</a>     <strong>boolean</strong> hasContent();
<a name="196" href="#196">196</a> 
<a name="197" href="#197">197</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="198" href="#198">198</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="199" href="#199">199</a> <em>     * &lt;code>getName&lt;/code> returns the name of this node. This is the XML</em>
<a name="200" href="#200">200</a> <em>     * local name of the element, attribute, entity or processing instruction.</em>
<a name="201" href="#201">201</a> <em>     * For CDATA and Text nodes this method will return null.</em>
<a name="202" href="#202">202</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="203" href="#203">203</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="204" href="#204">204</a> <em>     * @return the XML name of this node</em>
<a name="205" href="#205">205</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="206" href="#206">206</a>     String getName();
<a name="207" href="#207">207</a> 
<a name="208" href="#208">208</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="209" href="#209">209</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="210" href="#210">210</a> <em>     * Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an</em>
<a name="211" href="#211">211</a> <em>     * &lt;code>UnsupportedOperationException&lt;/code> if it is read-only.</em>
<a name="212" href="#212">212</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="213" href="#213">213</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="214" href="#214">214</a> <em>     * @param name</em>
<a name="215" href="#215">215</a> <em>     *            is the new name of this node</em>
<a name="216" href="#216">216</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="217" href="#217">217</a>     <strong>void</strong> setName(String name);
<a name="218" href="#218">218</a> 
<a name="219" href="#219">219</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="220" href="#220">220</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="221" href="#221">221</a> <em>     * Returns the text of this node.</em>
<a name="222" href="#222">222</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="223" href="#223">223</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="224" href="#224">224</a> <em>     * @return the text for this node.</em>
<a name="225" href="#225">225</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="226" href="#226">226</a>     String getText();
<a name="227" href="#227">227</a> 
<a name="228" href="#228">228</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="229" href="#229">229</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="230" href="#230">230</a> <em>     * Sets the text data of this node or this method will throw an</em>
<a name="231" href="#231">231</a> <em>     * &lt;code>UnsupportedOperationException&lt;/code> if it is read-only.</em>
<a name="232" href="#232">232</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="233" href="#233">233</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="234" href="#234">234</a> <em>     * @param text</em>
<a name="235" href="#235">235</a> <em>     *            is the new textual value of this node</em>
<a name="236" href="#236">236</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="237" href="#237">237</a>     <strong>void</strong> setText(String text);
<a name="238" href="#238">238</a> 
<a name="239" href="#239">239</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="240" href="#240">240</a> <em>     * Returns the XPath string-value of this node. The behaviour of this method</em>
<a name="241" href="#241">241</a> <em>     * is defined in the &lt;a href="<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath" target="alexandria_uri">http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath</a>">XPath</em>
<a name="242" href="#242">242</a> <em>     * specification &lt;/a>.</em>
<a name="243" href="#243">243</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="244" href="#244">244</a> <em>     * @return the text from all the child Text and Element nodes appended</em>
<a name="245" href="#245">245</a> <em>     *         together.</em>
<a name="246" href="#246">246</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="247" href="#247">247</a>     String getStringValue();
<a name="248" href="#248">248</a> 
<a name="249" href="#249">249</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="250" href="#250">250</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="251" href="#251">251</a> <em>     * Returns the XPath expression which will return a node set containing the</em>
<a name="252" href="#252">252</a> <em>     * given node such as /a/b/&amp;#64;c. No indexing will be used to restrict the</em>
<a name="253" href="#253">253</a> <em>     * path if multiple elements with the same name occur on the path.</em>
<a name="254" href="#254">254</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="255" href="#255">255</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="256" href="#256">256</a> <em>     * @return the XPath expression which will return a nodeset containing at</em>
<a name="257" href="#257">257</a> <em>     *         least this node.</em>
<a name="258" href="#258">258</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="259" href="#259">259</a>     String getPath();
<a name="260" href="#260">260</a> 
<a name="261" href="#261">261</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="262" href="#262">262</a> <em>     * Returns the relative XPath expression which will return a node set</em>
<a name="263" href="#263">263</a> <em>     * containing the given node such as a/b/&amp;#64;c. No indexing will be used to</em>
<a name="264" href="#264">264</a> <em>     * restrict the path if multiple elements with the same name occur on the</em>
<a name="265" href="#265">265</a> <em>     * path.</em>
<a name="266" href="#266">266</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="267" href="#267">267</a> <em>     * @param context</em>
<a name="268" href="#268">268</a> <em>     *            is the parent context from which the relative path should</em>
<a name="269" href="#269">269</a> <em>     *            start. If the context is null or the context is not an</em>
<a name="270" href="#270">270</a> <em>     *            ancestor of this node then the path will be absolute and start</em>
<a name="271" href="#271">271</a> <em>     *            from the document and so begin with the '/' character.</em>
<a name="272" href="#272">272</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="273" href="#273">273</a> <em>     * @return the XPath expression relative to the given context which will</em>
<a name="274" href="#274">274</a> <em>     *         return a nodeset containing at least this node.</em>
<a name="275" href="#275">275</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="276" href="#276">276</a>     String getPath(<a href="../../org/dom4j/Element.html">Element</a> context);
<a name="277" href="#277">277</a> 
<a name="278" href="#278">278</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="279" href="#279">279</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="280" href="#280">280</a> <em>     * Returns the XPath expression which will return a nodeset of one node</em>
<a name="281" href="#281">281</a> <em>     * which is the current node. This method will use the XPath index operator</em>
<a name="282" href="#282">282</a> <em>     * to restrict the path if multiple elements with the same name occur on the</em>
<a name="283" href="#283">283</a> <em>     * path.</em>
<a name="284" href="#284">284</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="285" href="#285">285</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="286" href="#286">286</a> <em>     * @return the XPath expression which will return a nodeset containing just</em>
<a name="287" href="#287">287</a> <em>     *         this node.</em>
<a name="288" href="#288">288</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="289" href="#289">289</a>     String getUniquePath();
<a name="290" href="#290">290</a> 
<a name="291" href="#291">291</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="292" href="#292">292</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="293" href="#293">293</a> <em>     * Returns the relative unique XPath expression from the given context which</em>
<a name="294" href="#294">294</a> <em>     * will return a nodeset of one node which is the current node. This method</em>
<a name="295" href="#295">295</a> <em>     * will use the XPath index operator to restrict the path if multiple</em>
<a name="296" href="#296">296</a> <em>     * elements with the same name occur on the path.</em>
<a name="297" href="#297">297</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="298" href="#298">298</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="299" href="#299">299</a> <em>     * @param context</em>
<a name="300" href="#300">300</a> <em>     *            is the parent context from which the path should start. If the</em>
<a name="301" href="#301">301</a> <em>     *            context is null or the context is not an ancestor of this node</em>
<a name="302" href="#302">302</a> <em>     *            then the path will start from the document and so begin with</em>
<a name="303" href="#303">303</a> <em>     *            the '/' character.</em>
<a name="304" href="#304">304</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="305" href="#305">305</a> <em>     * @return the XPath expression relative to the given context which will</em>
<a name="306" href="#306">306</a> <em>     *         return a nodeset containing just this node.</em>
<a name="307" href="#307">307</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="308" href="#308">308</a>     String getUniquePath(<a href="../../org/dom4j/Element.html">Element</a> context);
<a name="309" href="#309">309</a> 
<a name="310" href="#310">310</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="311" href="#311">311</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="312" href="#312">312</a> <em>     * &lt;code>asXML&lt;/code> returns the textual XML representation of this node.</em>
<a name="313" href="#313">313</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="314" href="#314">314</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="315" href="#315">315</a> <em>     * @return the XML representation of this node</em>
<a name="316" href="#316">316</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="317" href="#317">317</a>     String asXML();
<a name="318" href="#318">318</a> 
<a name="319" href="#319">319</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="320" href="#320">320</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="321" href="#321">321</a> <em>     * &lt;code>write&lt;/code> writes this node as the default XML notation for</em>
<a name="322" href="#322">322</a> <em>     * this node. If you wish to control the XML output (such as for pretty</em>
<a name="323" href="#323">323</a> <em>     * printing, changing the indentation policy etc.) then please use {@link</em>
<a name="324" href="#324">324</a> <em>     * org.dom4j.io.XMLWriter} or its derivations.</em>
<a name="325" href="#325">325</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="326" href="#326">326</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="327" href="#327">327</a> <em>     * @param writer</em>
<a name="328" href="#328">328</a> <em>     *            is the &lt;code>Writer&lt;/code> to output the XML to</em>
<a name="329" href="#329">329</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="330" href="#330">330</a> <em>     * @throws IOException</em>
<a name="331" href="#331">331</a> <em>     *             DOCUMENT ME!</em>
<a name="332" href="#332">332</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="333" href="#333">333</a>     <strong>void</strong> write(Writer writer) throws IOException;
<a name="334" href="#334">334</a> 
<a name="335" href="#335">335</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="336" href="#336">336</a> <em>     * Returns the code according to the type of node. This makes processing</em>
<a name="337" href="#337">337</a> <em>     * nodes polymorphically much easier as the switch statement can be used</em>
<a name="338" href="#338">338</a> <em>     * instead of multiple if (instanceof) statements.</em>
<a name="339" href="#339">339</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="340" href="#340">340</a> <em>     * @return a W3C DOM complient code for the node type such as ELEMENT_NODE</em>
<a name="341" href="#341">341</a> <em>     *         or ATTRIBUTE_NODE</em>
<a name="342" href="#342">342</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="343" href="#343">343</a>     <strong>short</strong> getNodeType();
<a name="344" href="#344">344</a> 
<a name="345" href="#345">345</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="346" href="#346">346</a> <em>     * DOCUMENT ME!</em>
<a name="347" href="#347">347</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="348" href="#348">348</a> <em>     * @return the name of the type of node such as "Document", "Element",</em>
<a name="349" href="#349">349</a> <em>     *         "Attribute" or "Text"</em>
<a name="350" href="#350">350</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="351" href="#351">351</a>     String getNodeTypeName();
<a name="352" href="#352">352</a> 
<a name="353" href="#353">353</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="354" href="#354">354</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="355" href="#355">355</a> <em>     * Removes this node from its parent if there is one. If this node is the</em>
<a name="356" href="#356">356</a> <em>     * root element of a document then it is removed from the document as well.</em>
<a name="357" href="#357">357</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="358" href="#358">358</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="359" href="#359">359</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="360" href="#360">360</a> <em>     * This method is useful if you want to remove a node from its source</em>
<a name="361" href="#361">361</a> <em>     * document and add it to another document. For example</em>
<a name="362" href="#362">362</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="363" href="#363">363</a> <em>     * &lt;code> Node node = ...; Element someOtherElement = ...;</em>
<a name="364" href="#364">364</a> <em>     * someOtherElement.add( node.detach() ); &lt;/code></em>
<a name="365" href="#365">365</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="366" href="#366">366</a> <em>     * @return the node that has been removed from its parent node if any and</em>
<a name="367" href="#367">367</a> <em>     *         its document if any.</em>
<a name="368" href="#368">368</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="369" href="#369">369</a>     <a href="../../org/dom4j/Node.html">Node</a> detach();
<a name="370" href="#370">370</a> 
<a name="371" href="#371">371</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="372" href="#372">372</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="373" href="#373">373</a> <em>     * &lt;code>selectNodes&lt;/code> evaluates an XPath expression and returns the</em>
<a name="374" href="#374">374</a> <em>     * result as a &lt;code>List&lt;/code> of &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> instances or</em>
<a name="375" href="#375">375</a> <em>     * &lt;code>String&lt;/code> instances depending on the XPath expression.</em>
<a name="376" href="#376">376</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="377" href="#377">377</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="378" href="#378">378</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="379" href="#379">379</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="380" href="#380">380</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="381" href="#381">381</a> <em>     * @return the list of &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> or &lt;code>String&lt;/code></em>
<a name="382" href="#382">382</a> <em>     *         instances depending on the XPath expression</em>
<a name="383" href="#383">383</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="384" href="#384">384</a>     List selectNodes(String xpathExpression);
<a name="385" href="#385">385</a> 
<a name="386" href="#386">386</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="387" href="#387">387</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="388" href="#388">388</a> <em>     * &lt;code>selectObject&lt;/code> evaluates an XPath expression and returns the</em>
<a name="389" href="#389">389</a> <em>     * result as an {@link Object}. The object returned can either be a {@link</em>
<a name="390" href="#390">390</a> <em>     * List} of one or more {@link Node}instances or a scalar object like a</em>
<a name="391" href="#391">391</a> <em>     * {@link String}or a {@link Number}instance depending on the XPath</em>
<a name="392" href="#392">392</a> <em>     * expression.</em>
<a name="393" href="#393">393</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="394" href="#394">394</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="395" href="#395">395</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="396" href="#396">396</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="397" href="#397">397</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="398" href="#398">398</a> <em>     * @return the value of the XPath expression as a {@link List}of {@link</em>
<a name="399" href="#399">399</a> <em>     *         Node} instances, a {@link String}or a {@link Number}instance</em>
<a name="400" href="#400">400</a> <em>     *         depending on the XPath expression.</em>
<a name="401" href="#401">401</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="402" href="#402">402</a>     Object selectObject(String xpathExpression);
<a name="403" href="#403">403</a> 
<a name="404" href="#404">404</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="405" href="#405">405</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="406" href="#406">406</a> <em>     * &lt;code>selectNodes&lt;/code> evaluates an XPath expression then sorts the</em>
<a name="407" href="#407">407</a> <em>     * results using a secondary XPath expression Returns a sorted</em>
<a name="408" href="#408">408</a> <em>     * &lt;code>List&lt;/code> of &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> instances.</em>
<a name="409" href="#409">409</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="410" href="#410">410</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="411" href="#411">411</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="412" href="#412">412</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="413" href="#413">413</a> <em>     * @param comparisonXPathExpression</em>
<a name="414" href="#414">414</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression used to compare the results by for</em>
<a name="415" href="#415">415</a> <em>     *            sorting</em>
<a name="416" href="#416">416</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="417" href="#417">417</a> <em>     * @return the list of &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> instances sorted by the</em>
<a name="418" href="#418">418</a> <em>     *         comparisonXPathExpression</em>
<a name="419" href="#419">419</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="420" href="#420">420</a>     List selectNodes(String xpathExpression, String comparisonXPathExpression);
<a name="421" href="#421">421</a> 
<a name="422" href="#422">422</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="423" href="#423">423</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="424" href="#424">424</a> <em>     * &lt;code>selectNodes&lt;/code> evaluates an XPath expression then sorts the</em>
<a name="425" href="#425">425</a> <em>     * results using a secondary XPath expression Returns a sorted</em>
<a name="426" href="#426">426</a> <em>     * &lt;code>List&lt;/code> of &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> instances.</em>
<a name="427" href="#427">427</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="428" href="#428">428</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="429" href="#429">429</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="430" href="#430">430</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="431" href="#431">431</a> <em>     * @param comparisonXPathExpression</em>
<a name="432" href="#432">432</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression used to compare the results by for</em>
<a name="433" href="#433">433</a> <em>     *            sorting</em>
<a name="434" href="#434">434</a> <em>     * @param removeDuplicates</em>
<a name="435" href="#435">435</a> <em>     *            if this parameter is true then duplicate values (using the</em>
<a name="436" href="#436">436</a> <em>     *            comparisonXPathExpression) are removed from the result List.</em>
<a name="437" href="#437">437</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="438" href="#438">438</a> <em>     * @return the list of &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> instances sorted by the</em>
<a name="439" href="#439">439</a> <em>     *         comparisonXPathExpression</em>
<a name="440" href="#440">440</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="441" href="#441">441</a>     List selectNodes(String xpathExpression, String comparisonXPathExpression,
<a name="442" href="#442">442</a>             <strong>boolean</strong> removeDuplicates);
<a name="443" href="#443">443</a> 
<a name="444" href="#444">444</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="445" href="#445">445</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="446" href="#446">446</a> <em>     * &lt;code>selectSingleNode&lt;/code> evaluates an XPath expression and returns</em>
<a name="447" href="#447">447</a> <em>     * the result as a single &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> instance.</em>
<a name="448" href="#448">448</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="449" href="#449">449</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="450" href="#450">450</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="451" href="#451">451</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="452" href="#452">452</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="453" href="#453">453</a> <em>     * @return the &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> matching the XPath expression</em>
<a name="454" href="#454">454</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="455" href="#455">455</a>     <a href="../../org/dom4j/Node.html">Node</a> selectSingleNode(String xpathExpression);
<a name="456" href="#456">456</a> 
<a name="457" href="#457">457</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="458" href="#458">458</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="459" href="#459">459</a> <em>     * &lt;code>valueOf&lt;/code> evaluates an XPath expression and returns the</em>
<a name="460" href="#460">460</a> <em>     * textual representation of the results the XPath string-value of this</em>
<a name="461" href="#461">461</a> <em>     * node. The string-value for a given node type is defined in the &lt;a</em>
<a name="462" href="#462">462</a> <em>     * href="<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath" target="alexandria_uri">http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath</a>">XPath specification &lt;/a>.</em>
<a name="463" href="#463">463</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="464" href="#464">464</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="465" href="#465">465</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="466" href="#466">466</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="467" href="#467">467</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="468" href="#468">468</a> <em>     * @return the string-value representation of the results of the XPath</em>
<a name="469" href="#469">469</a> <em>     *         expression</em>
<a name="470" href="#470">470</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="471" href="#471">471</a>     String valueOf(String xpathExpression);
<a name="472" href="#472">472</a> 
<a name="473" href="#473">473</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="474" href="#474">474</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="475" href="#475">475</a> <em>     * &lt;code>numberValueOf&lt;/code> evaluates an XPath expression and returns</em>
<a name="476" href="#476">476</a> <em>     * the numeric value of the XPath expression if the XPath expression results</em>
<a name="477" href="#477">477</a> <em>     * in a number, or null if the result is not a number.</em>
<a name="478" href="#478">478</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="479" href="#479">479</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="480" href="#480">480</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="481" href="#481">481</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="482" href="#482">482</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="483" href="#483">483</a> <em>     * @return the numeric result of the XPath expression or null if the result</em>
<a name="484" href="#484">484</a> <em>     *         is not a number.</em>
<a name="485" href="#485">485</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="486" href="#486">486</a>     Number numberValueOf(String xpathExpression);
<a name="487" href="#487">487</a> 
<a name="488" href="#488">488</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="489" href="#489">489</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="490" href="#490">490</a> <em>     * &lt;code>matches&lt;/code> returns true if evaluating the given XPath</em>
<a name="491" href="#491">491</a> <em>     * expression on this node returns a non-empty node set containing this</em>
<a name="492" href="#492">492</a> <em>     * node.</em>
<a name="493" href="#493">493</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="494" href="#494">494</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="495" href="#495">495</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="496" href="#496">496</a> <em>     * This method does not behave like the &amp;lt;xsl:if&amp;gt; element - if you want</em>
<a name="497" href="#497">497</a> <em>     * that behaviour, to evaluate if an XPath expression matches something,</em>
<a name="498" href="#498">498</a> <em>     * then you can use the following code to be equivalent...</em>
<a name="499" href="#499">499</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="500" href="#500">500</a> <em>     * &lt;code>if ( node.selectSingleNode( "/some/path" ) != nulll )&lt;/code></em>
<a name="501" href="#501">501</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="502" href="#502">502</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="503" href="#503">503</a> <em>     *            is an XPath expression</em>
<a name="504" href="#504">504</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="505" href="#505">505</a> <em>     * @return true if this node is returned by the given XPath expression</em>
<a name="506" href="#506">506</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="507" href="#507">507</a>     <strong>boolean</strong> matches(String xpathExpression);
<a name="508" href="#508">508</a> 
<a name="509" href="#509">509</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="510" href="#510">510</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="511" href="#511">511</a> <em>     * &lt;code>createXPath&lt;/code> creates an XPath object for the given</em>
<a name="512" href="#512">512</a> <em>     * xpathExpression. The XPath object allows the variable context to be</em>
<a name="513" href="#513">513</a> <em>     * specified.</em>
<a name="514" href="#514">514</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="515" href="#515">515</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="516" href="#516">516</a> <em>     * @param xpathExpression</em>
<a name="517" href="#517">517</a> <em>     *            is the XPath expression to be evaluated</em>
<a name="518" href="#518">518</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="519" href="#519">519</a> <em>     * @return an XPath object represeting the given expression</em>
<a name="520" href="#520">520</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="521" href="#521">521</a> <em>     * @throws InvalidXPathException</em>
<a name="522" href="#522">522</a> <em>     *             if the XPath expression is invalid</em>
<a name="523" href="#523">523</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="524" href="#524">524</a>     <a href="../../org/dom4j/XPath.html">XPath</a> createXPath(String xpathExpression) throws InvalidXPathException;
<a name="525" href="#525">525</a> 
<a name="526" href="#526">526</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="527" href="#527">527</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="528" href="#528">528</a> <em>     * &lt;code>asXPathResult&lt;/code> returns a version of this node which is</em>
<a name="529" href="#529">529</a> <em>     * capable of being an XPath result. The result of an XPath expression</em>
<a name="530" href="#530">530</a> <em>     * should always support the parent relationship, whether the original XML</em>
<a name="531" href="#531">531</a> <em>     * tree was singly or doubly linked. If the node does not support the parent</em>
<a name="532" href="#532">532</a> <em>     * relationship then a new node will be created which is linked to its</em>
<a name="533" href="#533">533</a> <em>     * parent and returned.</em>
<a name="534" href="#534">534</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="535" href="#535">535</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="536" href="#536">536</a> <em>     * @param parent</em>
<a name="537" href="#537">537</a> <em>     *            DOCUMENT ME!</em>
<a name="538" href="#538">538</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="539" href="#539">539</a> <em>     * @return a &lt;code>Node&lt;/code> which supports the parent relationship</em>
<a name="540" href="#540">540</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="541" href="#541">541</a>     <a href="../../org/dom4j/Node.html">Node</a> asXPathResult(<a href="../../org/dom4j/Element.html">Element</a> parent);
<a name="542" href="#542">542</a> 
<a name="543" href="#543">543</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="544" href="#544">544</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="545" href="#545">545</a> <em>     * &lt;code>accept&lt;/code> is the method used in the Visitor Pattern.</em>
<a name="546" href="#546">546</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="547" href="#547">547</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="548" href="#548">548</a> <em>     * @param visitor</em>
<a name="549" href="#549">549</a> <em>     *            is the visitor in the Visitor Pattern</em>
<a name="550" href="#550">550</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="551" href="#551">551</a>     <strong>void</strong> accept(<a href="../../org/dom4j/Visitor.html">Visitor</a> visitor);
<a name="552" href="#552">552</a> 
<a name="553" href="#553">553</a>     <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="554" href="#554">554</a> <em>     * &lt;p></em>
<a name="555" href="#555">555</a> <em>     * &lt;code>clone&lt;/code> will return a deep clone or if this node is</em>
<a name="556" href="#556">556</a> <em>     * read-only then clone will return the same instance.</em>
<a name="557" href="#557">557</a> <em>     * &lt;/p></em>
<a name="558" href="#558">558</a> <em>     * </em>
<a name="559" href="#559">559</a> <em>     * @return a deep clone of myself or myself if I am read only.</em>
<a name="560" href="#560">560</a> <em>     */</em>
<a name="561" href="#561">561</a>     Object clone();
<a name="562" href="#562">562</a> }
<a name="563" href="#563">563</a> 
<a name="564" href="#564">564</a> <em class="comment">/*</em>
<a name="565" href="#565">565</a> <em class="comment"> * Redistribution and use of this software and associated documentation</em>
<a name="566" href="#566">566</a> <em class="comment"> * ("Software"), with or without modification, are permitted provided that the</em>
<a name="567" href="#567">567</a> <em class="comment"> * following conditions are met:</em>
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<a name="569" href="#569">569</a> <em class="comment"> * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain copyright statements and</em>
<a name="570" href="#570">570</a> <em class="comment"> * notices. Redistributions must also contain a copy of this document.</em>
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<a name="576" href="#576">576</a> <em class="comment"> * 3. The name "DOM4J" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived</em>
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<a name="582" href="#582">582</a> <em class="comment"> * Ltd. DOM4J is a registered trademark of MetaStuff, Ltd.</em>
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<a name="585" href="#585">585</a> <em class="comment"> * </em>
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